Category:All Asians Wear Conical Straw Hats: Difference between revisions

All Asians Wear Conical Straw Hats: An Asian character wears a conical straw hat, if only for pure aesthetic.

As the emblem of their military caste, the ashigaru, the footsoldier class that backed the samurai, wore a reinforced and militarized version of this hat with a hanging kepi-cloth to shield their neck from the sun and rain. This was known as a jingasa (war hat), and it was either composed of extremely tough waxed leather or metal parts welded together. Even some samurai wore them in place of the bulky and heavy kabuto helmets because they provided such a fair level of protection from arrows—the major threat to the ashigaru on the battlefield. The horseback messengers, who designed the bajogasa, or "rider's hat," specialized form, were particularly fond of it.

Often, simply "because they are Asian", many fictional Asian characters frequently don conical caps. No matter if it makes sense for the character to be wearing such a hat or not, if they are Asian, they will be seen wearing one to let viewers know that they are in fact an Asian character.